In-between work and my busy personal schedule tending to my exotic animal farm in my hometown Austin, Texas. I found the time to take a road trip up to Myrtle beach, South Carolina to do some scuba diving and capture pictures of barracudas, manta and sting rays, as well as the bounty of coral reefs for my school project. With my Advanced Open Water Diving license not only am i able to dive by myself but i can enter protected zones in the deep sea diving zones of Myrtle beach. There is over 10 different sunken ships that are available to public diving tours, However i am able to go in by myself and document wildlife as well search for any treasures still left behind. It was most definitely a well spent trip and i was able to do more than just
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These guys can weigh anything from a few hundred pounds all the way up to an entire ton, as well as stretching to a staggering 10 feet. You might never see a pair of sunfish together especially ones mating because they dive down extremely deep and can never be traced because they are a protected species. I took nearly 12 hours to dive through three different shipwrecks, The Raritan, BP-25, and the Governor. All of which were a deeper and further out location making it rarely touched by tourists and overgrown with marine life. Finally, Right before i practically gave up i had a chance to just barley get a picture of one because how dark blue the water was. These fish are so majestic and the way they are shaped makes it appear as they are sunbathing swimming on their side, hence the name “sunfish”. These two discoveries for me were uncanny compared to any experience I've had especially deep sea diving. Having spent nearly the entire stay in South Carolina underwater i decided it might be time to view the wildlife in the national parks as well. To really get a full grasp on the environment this great state held. Having asked around the local dive instructors and a few tourists i had a chance to meet with i was strongly advised to
These guys can weigh anything from a few hundred pounds all the way up to an entire ton, as well as stretching to a staggering 10 feet. You might never see a pair of sunfish together especially ones mating because they dive down extremely deep and can never be traced because they are a protected species. I took nearly 12 hours to dive through three different shipwrecks, The Raritan, BP-25, and the Governor. All of which were a deeper and further out location making it rarely touched by tourists and overgrown with marine life. Finally, Right before i practically gave up i had a chance to just barley get a picture of one because how dark blue the water was. These fish are so majestic and the way they are shaped makes it appear as they are sunbathing swimming on their side, hence the name “sunfish”. These two discoveries for me were uncanny compared to any experience I've had especially deep sea diving. Having spent nearly the entire stay in South Carolina underwater i decided it might be time to view the wildlife in the national parks as well. To really get a full grasp on the environment this great state held. Having asked around the local dive instructors and a few tourists i had a chance to meet with i was strongly advised to